
Monday Morning Data Chat
Every Monday morning, two data nerds - Matt Housley and Joe Reis - have candid and unscripted chats about data.
Latest episodes

4 snips
Jan 9, 2023 • 45min
#108 - Switching From a Batch to Streaming Mindset w/ Chip Huyen
Chip Huyen (Claypot AI) joins the show to chat about switching from a batch mindset to a streaming mindset, the convergence of data scientist and data engineering roles, and much more.
Chip is a well-regarded person in the ML/AI space. She's CEO/co-founder of Claypot AI, teaches Machine Learning Systems Design at Stanford, and wrote the phenomenal book, Designing Machine Learning Systems (O'Reilly), among many achievements.
#datascience #ai #dataengineering

Dec 20, 2022 • 1h 15min
#107 - Data Modeling, Writing books, and More w/ Serge Gershkovich
Serge Gershkovich (SqlDBM) joins the show to chat about a variety of topics, like data modeling, writing books, career pivots, and much more.
Cameo appearance from Chris Tabb!
#datamodeling #dataengineering #data

Dec 12, 2022 • 1h 1min
#106 - Moving on from the Modern Data Stack w/ Sarah Catanzaro
Sarah Catanzaro (Amplify Partners) has a keen sense of the data landscape. She joins the show to chat about why she's shifting her focus from the Modern Data Stack, its limitations, and the culture surrounding it that she thinks is curbing the impact of data.
We'll also talk about whatever else is on her mind.
#data #dataengineering #moderndatastack

Dec 5, 2022 • 1h 8min
#105 - The Future of Data Catalogs w/ Ole Olesen-Bagneux
Ole Olesen-Bagneux (author of The Enterprise Data Catalog on O'Reilly) joins the show to chat about the future of data catalogs and much more!
#datacatalog #dataengineering #data

Nov 28, 2022 • 35min
#104 - Our Worst Episode Ever! - Grab Bag Q&A w/ Matt Housley and Joe Reis
Welcome to our worst episode ever! But also pretty fun.
There's a lot going on in the data and tech space right now. Matt and Joe kick it old school and dive into a variety of topics ranging from all things downturn, cloud vs on-prem, what we look for in guests, and much more.
We had to cut the show a bit short because Joe kept getting interrupted by delivery people.
#dataengineering #data #tech

Nov 21, 2022 • 1h 5min
#103 - How Current Market Conditions Affect the Data and Tech Landscape w/ Sanjeev Mohan
Sanjeev Mohan (SanjMo, former Gartner Research VP) joins the show to chat about the current market conditions affecting the data and tec landscape, trends he's seeing, and much more.
#data #it #tech

Nov 17, 2022 • 60min
Data Mesh, The Hard Parts AMA w/ Zhamak Dehghani - Special Episode
Data Mesh has caught the technology and data industry by storm and is easily one of the hottest topics today. Oftentimes, the harder parts of Data Mesh don't get as much attention or coverage.
This was an open session at the Utah Data Engineering Meetup (November 2022) to ask Zhamak about the hard parts of data mesh that have inspired her to start a company to address them head-on.

Nov 14, 2022 • 1h 2min
#102 - Boring Tech is Exciting! w/ Jeremiah Lowin (Prefect)
Jeremiah Lowin (CEO/Co-Founder @ Prefect) joins the show to chat about why he's excited about boring tech, the current VC/startup environment, building trust, meetups, and much more.
#dataengineering #prefect #data

Nov 7, 2022 • 1h 5min
#101 - Honest No-BS Data Modeling w/ Juan Sequeda
Explore the challenges and practical significance of data modeling for real-world applications with Juan Sequeda. Learn about the balance between art and science, the importance of semantics in modeling, and the critical balance of efficiency and resilience in data operations. Discover the significance of data modeling in software development and conceptual modeling approaches, along with the link between library science and data modeling with semantic understanding.

Oct 31, 2022 • 1h 1min
#100 - The Intersection of Software Engineering & Data w/ Sonny Rivera (ThoughtSpot)
Sonny Rivera (ThoughtSpot) joins the show to chat about software engineering practices on data, data modeling, approaching things from first principles, the future of BI, and much more.
Note - we had a few hiccups with Streamyard, but the show conversation is very good.
#dataengineering #thoughtspot #softwareengineering #data